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Title: Inherit the Earth Author: Brian Stableford File Type: Mobi Subject:Science-Fiction Description:Amazon.com ReviewAll Damon Hart wanted was to be his own man. Being the son of Conrad Savior of Humanity Helier didn't leave a lot of room for Hart's own life, so he abandoned his family, his heritage, and his money. But when the past starts catching up with him, and the people he loves start getting hurt, Hart has no alternative but to accept the responsibility of his ancestry. Was his father, the inventor of the artificial womb, a savior or an evil madman? And who is the self-appointed judge executing retribution on everyone related to Helier?Inherit the Earth begins with a good solid mystery that gets more involved and more involving as the complexities of the story pile one atop the next. Unfortunately, Brian Stableford is reworking ground that Bruce Sterling handled better in strong. Moreover, the plot is often lost in lengthy explications of future history that seem derivative, either of Sterling's work, or Neal Stephenson's strong. With the exception of Hart's pain-in-the-ass ex-girlfriend Diana (who is a pleasure from start to finish), the characters fail to evoke much interest. It is a testament to the strength of the plot that the book carries through to the end, which unfortunately fails to deliver on the strong buildup. For the most part it's a good gripping story, with gems of beautiful language and flashes of brilliance, but it's not the ultimate science fiction book on nanotechnology and longevity. --Blunt JacksonFrom Publishers WeeklyBest known in the U.S. for his stylishly written horror novels and alternate histories, Stableford (The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires; The Carnival of Destruction), who began his career as an SF writer, returns to his roots with a complex, hard-SF tale of nanotechnology and life extension. Having barely survived the Plague Wars of the 21st century, humanity has supposedly entered a Utopian era, one in which the average life span is at least 150 years and immortality may be imminent. Damon Hart, posthumous son of Conrad Helier, the much venerated scientist who saved humanity from extinction during the plagues, wants nothing to do with his father's legacy and has cut himself off from his father's colleagues and their research. Then Damon's life is disrupted by the Eliminators, terrorists who begin to publish Net-based attacks on Helier, proclaiming that the scientist was in fact responsible for the plagues and was therefore an enemy of humankind. They also claim that Helier, supposedly 50 years dead, is still alive; eventually, they insist that Damon is Helier in disguise. Secrets and lies abound in a future where all evidence, even a dead body, can be falsified though the skillful application of computer- and nanotechnology; in time, Damon discovers that virtually nothing he has been told is true. This futuristic thriller, which contains provocative speculations about the effect of extreme life extension on society, isn't Stableford's best, but it's an enjoyable and challenging piece of work nonetheless. br 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities Author: Tom Wolfe File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction Description:Amazon.com ReviewAfter Tom Wolfe defined the 60s in The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an aging enfant terrible.He wasnt aging he was growing up. Bonfires pyrotechnic satire of 1980s New York wasnt just Wolfes best book, it was the best bestselling fiction debut of the decade, a miraculously realistic study of an unbelievably status-mad society, from the fiery combatants of the South Bronx to the bubbling scum at the top of Wall Street. Sherman McCoy, a farcically arrogant investment banker (dubbed a Master of the Universe, Wolfes brilliant metaphorical co-opting of a then-important toy for boys), hits a black guy in the Bronx with his Mercedes and runs--right into a nightmare peopled by vicious mistresses, thin wives like social x-rays, slime-bag politicos, tabloid hacks, and Dantesque denizens of the justice system. If the Coen and Marx brothers together dramatized The Great Gatsby, Wolfes Bonfire would probably be funnier. Many think his second novel, Bonfire will never die down.You might find it interesting to compare the film --Tim AppeloFrom Publishers WeeklyIn his spellbinding first novel, Wolfe proves that he has the right stuff to write propulsively engrossing fiction. Both his cynical irony and sense of the ridiculous are perfectly suited to his subject the roiling, corrupt, savage, ethnic melting pot that is New York City. Ranging from the rarefied atmosphere of Park Avenue to the dingy courtrooms of the Bronx, this is a totally credible tale of how the communities uneasily coexist and what happens when they collide. On a clandestine date with his mistress one night, top Wall Street investment banker and snobbish WASP Sherman McCoy misses his turn on the thruway and gets lost in the South Bronx his Mercedes hits and seriously injures a young black man. The incident is inflated by a manipulative black leader, a district attorney seeking reelection and a sleazy tabloid reporter into a full-blown scandal, a political football and a hokey morality play. Wolfe adroitly swings his focus from one to another of the people involved the protagonist McCoy Kramer, the assistant D.A. two detectivesone Irish, the other Jewish a slimy, alcoholic British journalist an outraged judge, etc. He has an infallible, mocking ear for New York voices, rendering with equal precision the defense lawyers gedoutdahere, the deliberate bad grammar (that dont help matters) of the wily reverend and the clenched-teeth WASP locution (howjado). His reporters eye has seized every gritty detail of the criminal justice system, and he is also acute in rendering the hierarchy at a society party. He convincingly equates the jungles of Wall Street and the Bronx in both places men casually use the same four-letter expletives and, no matter what their standing on the social ladder, find that power kindles their lust for nubile young women. Erupting from the first line with noise, color, tension and immediacy, this immensely entertaining novel accurately mirrors a system that has broken down from the social code of basic good manners to the fair practices of the law. It is safe to predict that the book will stand as a brilliant evocation of New Yorks class, racial and political structure in the 1980s. 200,000 first printing $200,000 adpromo Literary Guild dual main selection author tour. br 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit Author: Beatrix Potter File Type: Mobi Subject:Children's Books Description:Test Data In this retelling with pop-up illustrations, Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.